I’m Mahmoud, a civil engineer (site engineer), 31 years old , from Egypt
On March 16, 2019 I had a car accident and broke my wrists on both hands and right forearm… The swelling was severe and the doctor gave me Cipro 500 for swelling and wounds. I took it for 31 days every 12 hours .. Without any side effects .. You can imagine the large period of time .. Side effects appeared only after stopping the drug for a month.
** The side effects and Symptoms that appeared included Vibrations of the entire body .. Pain and burning in the muscles of the whole body .. Tinnitus .. Movement and pain in the intestines .. Headache behind the eye and behind the head and pain behind the ear .. Muscle twitch in different areas of the body .. Muscle twitch in the head and face … Vibration of tendons of the right palm and neck … Pains in tendons and ligaments in the whole body…Teeth pain .. TMJ .. Lower jaw vibration …Weakness in the muscles of the body and Achilles tendons… brain fog and disturbing thoughts… Tears and crackles in tendons and ligaments.
*** I went to neurologists for 3 months and had many, many x-rays and tests without any result .. All doctors told me that the reason is a psychological disorder because I had a major car accident .. Friends and family said psychological .. I could not sleep and movement became difficult .. Imagine you need medications to sleep .. One of the doctors gave me injections of cortisone and anti-inflammatory non-steroid and problems in my body multiplied every night.
**I looked online and imagined the worst – Multiple sclerosis, atrophic lateral sclerosis, myoclonus and autoimmune diseases.
**Finally I found floxie hope and I knew the reason for my pain.
I took co q10 and selenium supplements
** I stopped supplements and ate vegetables and fruits:
_ Carrots, onions, garlic, tomatoes, watercress, salads, guava, apples – Foods containing antioxidants
_ Parsley and broccoli are important for production of glutathione.
_ Guava is the richest fruit with vitamin C »» 100 g Guava gives you 230 mg vitamin C.
_Lemon benefits the brain, nerve relaxation, antioxidant and vitamin C
_ Bone soup is rich in collagen, gelatin, minerals, vitamins and is useful for the intestines
_ Pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds, magnesium, zinc and omega 3 …Olive Oil for Vitamin E.
_ All of them are natural alternatives because Cipro has caused kidney problems. (Natural substitutes give you CYV vitamins and support glutathione and benefit you with minerals such as selenium, magnesium, zinc and sulfur)..Your body needs a lot because the damage is great.
** Now .. On October 2019 :
Stop headaches, head twitch and little of facial twitch. .. The tremors and pain stopped the nerves and muscles .. The tinnitus comes every two days or three after it was not stopped for a second
**** 60% of symptoms disappeared
**I still have problems with knee ligaments, right elbow, ligaments and tendons of the shoulders including tendons of the shoulders cracking and popping.
What helps you:
1_ Time is the most important thing .. you will improve over time .. Your faith in God and healing (half of healing is your belief that you are strong and will go beyond this)
2_ Support your body with what it needs (I eat all the vegetables and fruits and soup of bones and juices and organic milk .. A little bit of organic meat because creatinine is very high in the kidneys) Eat everything rich in vitamin C and A and any and selenium such as lentils and peanuts .. And eat foods rich in magnesium Zinc to support immunity and give the body antioxidants
3_ Stay away from sugar and hydrogenated oils and reduce caffeine .. Because food oxidation and free radicals is sugar
Now I walk long distances and work although my work is difficult I am an engineer I work in a site and this requires a great physical effort
But tendon and ligament problems in the knee and shoulders .. I still suffer .. I am trying to get rest and eat soup of bones and tomatoes to support collagen and gelatin .. I do not know how much this will need and how much damage will be for the joints .. But I believe it will heal as the rest of the symptoms.
- ** But the problems of tendons and ligaments in the knee and shoulders .. I still suffer .. And try to get rest and eat soup of bones and tomatoes to support collagen and gelatin .. I do not know how much this will need and how much damage will be for the joints .. But I believe it will heal .. such as I recovered from the rest of the symptoms.
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Hi Mahmoud,
I’m sorry to hear this happened to you. I also have a similar story, taking Ciprofloxacin for 4 weeks in June/July 2019 for prostatitis. I suffered:
– peripheral neuropathy (burning in hands and feet)
– autonomic nervous system disruption (palpitations, orthostatic symptoms)
– joint pain (epicondylitis, Achilles’ tendon pain, back pain)
– ‘brain fog’
– photopsia/flashers
– GI disturbance (loose stools, bloating)
Symptoms peaked about 2 weeks after stopping the course with all over body pain and tingling sensation.
I thought I was finished….
14-15 weeks later I am back at the gym. Last week I did 5 days. Treadmill, weights, elliptical, yoga.
We can recover. We just need to hang in there and have faith in God.
Supplements I took include:
– alpha lipoic acid
– glutathione
– NAC
– Magnesium
– mito Q10
– Vitamin D
– Vitamin C
– Omega 3 oils (Vegan source)
Diet is full vegan. No dairy. I avoid sugar and gluten also but not zero. Lots of fresh fruit and veg including broccoli etc
Currently I only have some mild joint aches and a bit of burning dysaesthesia in the feet and lower legs (calves/ankles).
Most doctors I saw were not helpful. Some tried to suggest I was ‘stressed’ or ‘anxious’. But I travelled to Australia (I live in New Zealand) and saw a Neurologist who confirmed the diagnosis of toxic Ciprofloxacin-induced small fibre neuropathy (SFN) in the feet using a special neurophysiological test called sympathetic sudomotor response. This showed a positive sudomotor (sweat response) in the hands but not the feet that confirmed the diagnosis.
Hope you (and everybody reading this) gets well soon.
Hi Michael, I recently took just one dose of 500mg Levaquin on Friday Oct. 11th so I’m 17th days out right now. I’ve been experiencing a bunch of symptoms and since your timeline is similar to mine I was wondering if we could possible chat offline? I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you.
Hi, my symptoms are actually mostly of the level yours are now (but they have been concerning for me since I’ve never had anything like them before); I took the FQ for 3 days a month ago. I’ve also just been told to get my nutrition solely from natural sources due to the liver clearance issue that developed as a result of the toxins. I wonder also if we could chat offline. And thanks for posting this. It’s very encouraging.
Hi Mahmoud … Do u have pain in front of shoulder between collar bone and shoulder joint … im having pain in that tendon. ? but i do have full range of motion and no weakness.
Hello Mahmoud, I am facing the same problem it looks like that i get floxed last April, I recovered some of the symptoms however still ear ringing, one of my eyes get some senstivity , still ferritin is 387 , pain in some joints knees , i figured out that i had the Helicobacter is positive , still need too much help
Hi mahmoud
I am glad to hear that you have recovered. I am suffering from cipro toxicity for one month now. My main concern is lasting numbness under my toes and the ball of the feed. Have you suffered from numbness?? I feel numbness is the only thing that might not go away.
Ahmed
I was floxed in 2016 and am still 85% and will never get back to 100%. I too as much as you and after years of specialist and ERs my new doctor here at Banner knew all about it and did other testing and come to find out my parathyroid was extremely high due to zero vitamin D. So my endocrinologist has me on that now. Still sick from time to time but that’s the parathyroid and is a result of cipro damage. The other damage like what you have is permanent nerve damage that will never get better so I take nerve pain meds that mask the pain. They can’t do exploratory surgery because it’s nerves causing the pain behind the eyes, brain fog etc.
I had an adverse reaction to Cipro 12 years ago. I joined Floxie Hope years after being compromised.
I still suffer 24/7 365 from painful Peripheral Neuropathy in both feet, shins, toes. No treatment, no evaluation by experts have produced any resolve, no definitive diagnosis, I have only been told that my PN is idiopathic (no known cause).
In fact, I suffer from Chronic Pain throughout my body, diffuse inflammation. I have been under the care of a Restorative/Rehabilitative MD who continues to research possible solutions.
I remain hopeful, but being optimistic becomes harder and harder to embrace. i am so happy for Mahmoud and others have healed, I wish I could share my success story.????
Daily life is both physically and psychologically challenging. I have so much more to share but that’s it for now.
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